Verbascum nigrum

Growing form

Biennial herb.

Size

50–100 cm high.

Stem

The stem is dark green and scarce-pubescent.

Leaf

The leaves are simple. The basal leaves are in a rosette. The arrangement of the cauline leaves is spiral. The lamina of basal leaves is cordate and serrate. The cauline leaves are not decurrent and the lamina is ovate.

Flower

The inflorescence is a long compound inflorescence, which is typically unbranched. The calyx is five-lobed and actinomorphic. The corolla is rotate, nearly actinomorphic, short-tubular, 18–25 mm wide and yellow, rarely white. The androecium is five-leaved, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. The filaments are covered with purple hairs.

Fruit and seed

The capsule is septicidal and filled with many seeds.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Botanical excursion to Lammi - Rocky outcrop of Haila, Lammi village. CC BY 4.0

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Observations
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Checklist
MR.1
Scientific name
Verbascum nigrum
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • tummatulikukka (Finnish)
  • mörkt kungsljus (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39579
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
  • 1 - spreading in the wild; to a small degree of cultivated origin
  • TOV - alien, old, resident (archaeophyte)
Regulatory Status
  • Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019 LC – Least Concern
  • 2010 LC – Least Concern
Expert
  • Arto Kurtto
DNA barcode sequences
Verbascum nigrum
11 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants